Issued Sept 2020 We know there’s a lot of uncertainty about whether there will be a local or national lockdown following the increases of Covid-19 cases in the UK. We’ve been preparing for this since we started planning our first…

On Tue 8 Sept 2020 the UK Government announced that from Mon 14 Sept, social gatherings in England would be reduced to a maximum of 6 people. This reduction applies to ‘social gatherings’ and as theatre and dance classes for…

A new fund has been launched designed to help creative individuals and organisations start cultural initiatives that will create long-lasting positive change in Plymouth. The Cultural Investment Fund will give creatives the power to test new ideas and develop new…

I’m Laura Kriefman – the new CEO of the Barbican, Plymouth. I started 4 days before lockdown, and have probably had one of the ultimate ‘baptism of fire’ – having to close 2 venues, and find a new future for…

Barbican Theatre, Plymouth is excited to launch the first of their covid safe pop up performances for the communities of Plymouth. On Friday 14 August three small flashmob teams will visit six day centres and care homes across Plymouth for…

Exciting news! Barbican Theatre are launching an online community called b Hive (see what we did there?!). This will be a brilliant place where you can connect and engage with the work Barbican Theatre Plymouth is doing (even though our…

A message for members of our Performance Training Junction & COMPANY b members from our Young People’s Officer, James Woodhams I hope you’re all well and doing okay during these very unprecedented times. Our BTPT team have been chatting (remotely…

(issued 12pm Tue 17 March) Barbican Theatre In light of the UK Government briefing on Monday 16 March, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth has suspended all public performances and training activities with our Barbican Theatre Performance Training, FUSE Diverse Dance, and Thrive…